iShares MSCI Japan ETF
iShares MSCI Japan ETF (EWJ) Historical Volatility
EWJ 30-day historical volatility is 18%. This ranks in the 21th percentile of readings over the past year.
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Tracking EWJ historical volatility helps you see how much iShares MSCI Japan ETF's stock price has actually moved over past periods, giving you a baseline to judge whether current option premiums are fair, cheap, or expensive. While implied volatility tells you what the market expects, iShares MSCI Japan ETF's HV tells you what really happened. Use our scanner to monitor EWJ 30 day historical volatility alongside longer lookback windows and spot the moments when realized and implied diverge.
Historical volatility is the annualized standard deviation of an underlying's past returns, typically measured over rolling windows like 10, 20, 30, or 60 days. The EWJ 30 day historical volatility is one of the most widely watched readings because it balances responsiveness with stability. Comparing iShares MSCI Japan ETF's HV to its implied volatility reveals the volatility risk premium — when IV sits well above HV, option sellers tend to have an edge; when HV runs hot relative to IV, buyers may be underpaying for movement.
The iShares MSCI Japan ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of Japanese equities.
Sizing a long premium trade, modeling a covered call, or hunting volatility arbitrage all come back to one question: how much has the stock actually moved? Our scanner puts iShares MSCI Japan ETF's historical volatility side-by-side with implied readings across every lookback window, so you can see exactly where EWJ HV is running hot, cold, or in line. Make the EWJ 30 day historical volatility — and every other window — work for your edge instead of against it.
As of September 25, 2026
As of September 25, 2026
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